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Songbird principally nesting under material on roof (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nuthatch

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'songbird' is the definition.
(nuthatch is a type of songbird)

'principally nesting under material on roof' is the wordplay.
'principally' indicates taking the first letters.
'material on roof' becomes 'thatch' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
The first letters of 'nesting under' is 'nu'.
'nu'+'thatch'='NUTHATCH'

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(Other definitions for nuthatch that I've seen before include "Songbird named from its penchant for a kind of fruit" , "Songbird feeding on insects and kernels" , "Singer" , "Tree-climbing bird" , "[FEATHERED FRIEND]" .)

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